Most PhD programs teach students nothing about how to get book deals, do podcasts, give interviews, run a YouTube channel, use social media, or engage with the public in any way. As if getting cited by a hundred colleagues is worth more than reaching a million fellow citizens.
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You're not thinking this through. You don't want thousands of scientists to be vying for audiences of millions, but a few good popularisers to do their thing. On the whole, scientists should talk to their peers and students. It's not about citations, but exposure to criticism.
Don't we want thousands of musicians and screenwriters competing for public attention? Isn't competition how we find the best?
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It's not obvious that we should train all our musicians and screenwriters to be mass entertainers. But science is a different niche in any case. It's simply not about the audience, the attention. It's about (I blush) the truth. Competition is fine.
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While I agree with your first Tweet this comment is not it's best defense. We would have have a lot of junk science for money and questionable researches for results, that sound ls goos in the news. Still I think reachimg the public would be important,
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but not on the level of pop music.
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No. You want lot of people to make a good solid living as script doctors and writing consultants rather than a system where you create a few superstars and everyone else starves
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The academic “star system” in the humanities is bad enough as it is. We don’t need to make it an aspiration for all
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Given the point of academia, public attention doesn't mean much, so it's not worth competing for. Publishing in prestigious journals, on the other hand...
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